Next week, Gustavo Petro’s government will try to clear up existing doubts about the legal framework of its policy of subjugating armed and illegal gangs.
This is due to the fact that it was confirmed that on February 15, the executive, representing the minjusticia, Néstor Osuna, will submit the project that will create the law on the subjugation and dismantling of criminal organizations, which would complete part of the puzzle of the president’s peace policy.
Tuning the project.
Before this initiative reaches Congress, the government convened its major bishops in the legislature to finalize the articles.
From Friday to late Saturday night, Senators Ariel Ávila and Iván Cepeda, along with Representative Alirio Uribe, sat down with Minister Osuna and Peace Commissioner, Danilo Rueda, to discuss the project.
“We are still working on the final amendments to the law for the subjugation of criminal structures with a major impact on justice,” said Alirio Uribe, who would be one of the speakers in the House of said project.
In turn, the Minister of Justice, Néstor Osuna, explained that these days are devoted to the final adjustments to the text.
In addition, he announced that there will be a reduction of sentences and that there will be no transitional justice, but an ordinary one.
“The foundations that we have already agreed upon and thus will be presented to Congress are, in effect, common justice, that is, the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, common judiciary; there is no transitional justice. Sentence reduction yes, how many years? We are still polishing the proposal,” he said.
Likewise, he explained that it is considered that those who provide information and goods keep 10% of them and the state 90%.
He pointed out that the people who take advantage of this proposal, dismantle the gang, provide information on the routes, on how to proceed criminally and deliver their belongings, will have legal advantages, but within the judiciary.
It is important to emphasize that in dialogue with EL HERALDO, the Senator, Ariel Ávila, stressed that what is essentially about creating powers for the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace to approach illegal groups and negotiate without political intent or origin. .
According to the available explanations and information, that submission law would be based on good national and international practices, such as that of the Racketeering of Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).
“We would like it to have an urgent message because otherwise we won’t achieve it and we also need this regulatory framework,” he explained.
Currently, the government is weaving its total peace within the framework of the extension of Law 418, otherwise known as the Law of Total Peace, but it does not clarify what board the government can act against criminal gangs.
In this sense, at the end of last year, the government committed to the congressmen to present this project.
That is why the Interior Minister, Alfonso Prada, stressed that this is a key project and that the discussion will start on March 16.
position of the chairman
Faced with this bill, the head of state sent a strong message to drug traffickers, pointing out that his Historical Pact government will not negotiate power, and clarified that legal channels should be applied in this type of criminal phenomenon.
And he added: “Our government has proposed the two paths and will propose the appropriate measures so that they can become a reality in the legal field. types of violence; some things can help with that, others can’t,” he emphasized in his speech.
President Petro recalled that “negotiation methods may differ. For some, the negotiation has to do with power, with politics. They have a more political character, they are more interested in the country’s reforms, etc., they will bring it up. And those negotiations will be with the government.”
And in the case of multi-crime organizations that want to take advantage of the outstretched hand of the state, the president said, “whoever negotiates with them cannot be the government, because it is no longer about power. Power cannot be negotiated with drug trafficking , but it is the judiciary that has to negotiate with these groups.”
On the other hand, the ruler announced that in order to facilitate the reception of these groups, “on February 15, we are going to present the law, which can present ways, exits, so that things do not have to reach the point of pure extermination, but can There must be a peaceful way out, if one wishes and there is a will to do so.”
Source: El Heraldo
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